A treatise on struma or scrofula, commonly called the King's evil. In which the impropriety of considering it as an hereditary disease is pointed out : more rational causes are assigned and a successful method of treatment is recommended / By Thomas White.

  • White, Thomas (Surgeon)
Date:
1784
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Credit: A treatise on struma or scrofula, commonly called the King's evil. In which the impropriety of considering it as an hereditary disease is pointed out : more rational causes are assigned and a successful method of treatment is recommended / By Thomas White. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTRODUCTION. p » y I FLATTER myfelf that the fol¬ lowing pages may engage the at¬ tention of thofe perfons who are more immediately interefted, in guarding againft, as well as remov¬ ing, one of the molt frequent, and obftinate difeafes, to which the youth of both fexes are par¬ ticularly fubjecl in this country. The fymptoms may not feem alarm¬ ing on their firft appearance, it is true, yet it will be generally al¬ lowed, that if neglecded, or im¬ properly treated, they lay the foun¬ dation of confumptive, and other fatal diforders, in the advanced pe¬ riods of life. From